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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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